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mad impossible amy pond

This one had a lot of good one-liners, especially from the Doctor, didn't it? "Yes, you're right, if we lie to her she'll get all better," and "I don't know yet, I haven't finished talking," and "It's a thing in progress, respect the thing." Plus the whole comfy chair exchange.

I'd have to rewatch the episode to pinpoint it, but I do know that I spent a lot of it going WOW I REALLY LOVE ELEVEN. I haven't known him long enough to have specific desires for his reactions to things, but I still know that I like what he's doing, and -- going back for Amy, leaning his forehead against hers and talking her through the fear; connecting with everyone, particularly that scene with Father Octavian, as a microcosm for all the caring he's doing, not out of repentance but because he just likes people -- I'm falling a bit in love with him. He's clever and alien and young and old and ageless and I haven't figured out his desires yet but I can feel myself getting dangerously close to committing lots of fic. BRING IT.

I still love River, possibly even more this episode, especially for saving Amy at the last moment. I think her being in prison for killing the Doctor seems much too obvious, but I'm mostly just not worrying about it now. Either time can be rewritten, or we don't have all the context, or she killed someone else, or whatever. I do know that I want to bend my mind into all the various possibilities that Doctor-River interaction could take, though; I am at least less dangerously close to ficcing that. Maybe.

I ... am not sure what to do with the crack in reality, and the retcon. I think it's clever to mess with time like that, and it made me laugh to see all the sneaky ways that Moffat is erasing Rusty's continuity. And I love that time-travelers officially see the world differently because of their new relation to it. I was surprised the crack came back so soon, though! I am cautiously intrigued, because the arc of this mystery and Amy's place in it could either be awesome or fall apart spectacularly.

I don't know how I feel about the angels. I still find them most terrifying in Blink; I don't think I wanted to see them moving. But, however silly it might have been that they'd ignore Amy -- they were worried about the CRACK IN REALITY at the time, anyway -- having her walk through them with her eyes closed was horrible and wonderful, and oh, Amy.

AMY. AMY AMY AMY. She's frightened and brave, and she and River get on so well, and sometimes she figures everything out and when she doesn't she wants to know exactly what's going on, and I just -- I adore her.

I think I'm going to come down on the side of liking the scene where she snogs Eleven, too? I did not get any lack-of-consent vibes, mostly because the Doctor is full of bewildered circumstantial protests but does in fact kiss her back. Also I've been going back and forth on whether I read them as really familial or really shippy, and I don't actually mind being uncomfortable and uncertain about it, because at least it's really different from the usual companion dynamic. (UhunlesswearetalkingSevenandAce, inwhichcaseIfeelmuchthesameway, lalala.) I do like that there was clearly nothing inherently wrong with Amy going for it. And the exchange "The single most important thing in the history of the universe is that I get you sorted out right now." "That's what I've been trying to tell you!" did make me laugh. And SUSPENDERS. God help me, I think I'm getting shallow for Eleven.

Anyway next week there are VAMPIRES. Also RORY. I am kind of excited.

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This /was/ an awesome episode, wasn't it?

...and you are totally not the only one who is getting shallow for Eleven. I've been telling myself for the last two hours that I hate his clothes and his hair, and then going and staring at the ending a few more times. It's unnerving.

Yes, yes it was. :D

I KNOW RIGHT. He is still just as ridiculous-looking, but I am starting to find it ... attractive. WHUT.

YES YES YES.

The scene at the end cracked me up. OMG AWKWARD.

:DDD

SO AWKWARD. And yet I kind of liked it? IDK.

Yes, I sort of liked it, too. I think I liked how straightforward it was, rather than all this "are they or aren't they?" ham handed "subtlety." Amy didn't spend any time mooning around wondering if the Doctor wanted her; she just went for it. And he, just as clearly, said no. And hee! The suspenders. That bit was awesome.

The SUSPENDERS. I fear I am becoming a bit obsessive about that bit, because SUSPENDERS.

What's really disorienting is that Eleven looks, dresses, moves and sounds a LOT like how Quinn and I have--independently--always seen Regulus Black. (I can tell that Eleven would not have Reg's singing voice, but that doesn't matter.)

That is seriously awesome, is what that is. :D

It was super cool. :) I really love Eleven, too, desperately, already. :)

I know there are reasons this is unlikely, all of them good, but I think it would be cool if the person River killed was Jack Harkness.

I think it's clever to mess with time like that, and it made me laugh to see all the sneaky ways that Moffat is erasing Rusty's continuity.

Yes!! I hadn't thought of it that way, but I kind of love it. "Oh look, we didn't like the way that panned out, so here, have a rip in the fabric of time that wipes it all out!" Though it did seem a bit of a quick fix by the end of this for the angel in Amy's eyes...but then again, what were they going to do?

The Angels were scariest in Blink, totally. But that's almost okay? There's only so much terror I can handle. ;) And the eyes closed walking thing was SO GOOD. Terrifying.

I think I'm going to come down on the side of liking the scene where she snogs Eleven, too?

That was reeeeally awkward. And I never, ever ship the Doctor with anybody; he does not fall for humans, which is the part of his reaction I loved best--"But you're human! You're Amy Pond! You're getting married in the morning!" like here are the reasons in descending order, the last one being a bit of a scramble for something that is on her terms rather than his. One of the things I love about this Doctor is his total lack of comprehension in this area--when she's all 'you know, WHO I WANT' and he's all, nope, sorry, not getting it. It's like in the Daleks episode when they're both trying to make the android remember he's human, and the things the Doctor can think of are war and pain and death and violence, where Amy can connect with him on a level that's softer, something really uniquely human that aliens and androids don't quite get. (And then the second, 'but you're Amy Pond!' because I really get the vibe from him like she's his precocious granddaughter or something.)

I now kinda want to write a YW fic where Our Heroes meet the Weeping Angels. (Maybe because I have this image of the end of High Wizardry when Dairine is all, we need more light and stops the universe--in my head she's kind of YEAH TAKE THAT ANGELS DRAIN THAT POWER! Ahem. And I need to go order Wizard of Mars RIGHT NOW while I still remember.)

I think the next one looks awesome. :)

I think it would be cool if the person River killed was Jack Harkness.

sdkdfskdf!! I do not know how that would work, but I approve MASSIVELY.

Heh, I think I am with you on the Doctor's "But you're Amy Pond!!" reaction. He still thinks of her as that adorable child! It's probably okay if she has a sexuality and is getting married and things, but that's not how he thinks of her! And yet I think I liked that scene anyway? Ahh, I don't even know.

I want to write lots of YW/Doctor Who crossovers just in general, so I think this is a great thought. (ALSO: READ WIZARD OF MARS OMG.)

...whoa, I want to read your YW/DW crossovers. Like mad. And person above's, too. That would be brilliant!

She wrote me one for Yuletide, actually! It's AWESOME.

Meanwhile I keep meaning to write Dairine & the Doctor's Adventures Looking For Roshaun, but it just ... hasn't happened yet.

I read it back during Yuletide! It's wonderful!

*nods* I am sort of writing Mitchell-from-Being-Human's Grand Fairytale Adventures In Time And Space. Very sort of. For some reason, I'm finding Doctor Who a really hard fandom to write plotty things in.

*flails!* I approve of this crossover, even though the only bit of Being Human I've seen is ... one episode, quite a while ago? I still know enough to think it'd be awesome.

And heh, Doctor Who is the only fandom I find I can write plotty things in. Go figure. :D

Yes, that was an awesome episode! I agree that the angels were scarier in Blink- there was so much else going on in this episode. However, Amy having to keep her eyes closed and the soldiers leaving her and disappearing, and then having to get through the forest and the angels alone and unable to see- that was terrifying! I really liked the visual of the forest in the spaceship, too. And I love Eleven more and more with each episode, and River Song is still awesome. I think that since the implication is so strong that she kills the Doctor, it will probably end up being something different.
I found the ending rather upsetting, actually. I was enjoying the Doctor and Amy having a platonic, familial sort of relationship, and then she suddenly threw herself at him and it was really awkward. On the other hand, I think it's hard not to fall in love with the Doctor *cough* and want to molest him *cough* (I am not yet at the point of wanting to molest Eleven, personally, but I'm kind of resigned to it happening eventually). And I hope that by bringing it up so soon, and so bluntly, it won't be a big ongoing drama- Amy doesn't seem the pining type, anyway. It will be interesting to see where they go from that.
Also, I am highly in favour of you writing more Doctor Who fic. Always. =D

Yeah, I'm hoping it will be out of her system now.

Ahhh, Amy alone in the forest was terrifying. And I am with you on loving the spaceship-forest, too. HOW SO AWESOME, DOCTOR WHO PSEUDOSCIENCE.

I ... go back and forth on my reading of the Doctor and Amy's relationship, or at least her perception of it, so I go back and forth on that scene. On the one hand, I completely understand the wedding panic. On the other, he possibly still thinks of her as seven-year-old Amelia. On the mutant third hand, she effectively derailed his musings about the crack in reality with her attempted seduction, so maybe there was something more going on there. Who knows!

I want to write so much fiiiiic. /o\

I think it's clever to mess with time like that, and it made me laugh to see all the sneaky ways that Moffat is erasing Rusty's continuity. - I totally didn't think of it like that! Very good point! Although I hope he doesn't erase ALL of Rusty's continuity. That would feel, well, mean. To the other companions, that is.

Oh, I doubt the whole continuity's erased. It would break my heart if even Martha wasn't allowed to remember anything.

I think by the rules that Moff is setting up, Martha would be safe because she's traveled in time. But her family might not remember anything.

Oooh, yes, good point! And honestly at a certain level, aside from being worried about why their memories had gone, Martha might be relieved because it means she doesn't have to worry about how okay they are re: the Year That Wasn't.

Yeah.

On that same note, getting them back might be a shock.

I'm about as deep as a puddle at the best of times but yup, Eleven. <3 I kind of always fancied Matt Smith though (I like weird angular faces). I feel totally vindicated in that now.

A few people have noted that Amy's attraction to the Doctor seems to have come out of nowhere, but I can see Amy finally having one near-death experience too many and thinking "Well hey, I might as well go for it given that I nearly never existed." The idea of the Doctor marrying River might also have been the first time she really saw him as a sexual being/someone who has relationships. It's weird the things that attract you to a person all of a sudden. Maybe the next day you go "OMFG what was I thinking?!" but at the time it seems like a really good idea.

I will note in addition that I really didn't find that scene hellaciously awkward to watch, and I have a major embarrassment squick. I think because neither of the characters was embarrassed, for some reason that made it okay. I like Amy's confidence if nothing else.

Enough people agree with me about Eleven's attractiveness that I'm starting to feel less strange for finding him SUDDENLY WILDLY ATTRACTIVE. :D

I don't think that Amy's attraction to the Doctor comes out of nowhere, actually! All the points you bring up are really good ones, plus quite a few people are putting forth the theory that Amy (or whatever's in Amy's head? if there is still something?) wanted to distract Eleven from figuring out the crack in reality.

In any case, I agree with you re: the awkwardness of the scene. Neither of them treat it like it was awkward! I like it more the more I think about it.

I think it would be strange NOT to find Eleven wildly attractive!

No, you never said that. :) But some of my RL friends have been a bit "WTF? Random." about it. I think maybe they expect their Doctor/Companion relationship to be either one thing OR the other, and for the first few episodes to establish that clearly. The whole shippiness/seeing-things-that-may-or-may-not-be-there factor of internet fandom makes it a lot easier for net-based fans to accept shifts in tone, I think. Also, I didn't even think of there still being something in Amy's head.

I like it too! I like Amy's whole attitude. She might be my favourite ever companion already.

Okay, so I have rewatched this, and holy crap did you see what Moffat did there in the forest?

YES. YES I DID. I WANT IT TO BE A REAL PLOT AND NOT A CONTINUITY ERROR. *fingers crossed*

(I think I somehow missed this reply for a while! Sorry to take so long responding. /o\)

Just wanted to pop by and say how much I enjoy your recaps, even weeks later (we've just had this episode last Sunday). I love reading the things that excite you about an episode because it makes me relook at them myself, and I LOVE your enthusiasm for the show, and increasingly for Eleven.

Thank you!

\o/! Of course! I love spreading enthusiasm for the silly shows that give me joy. Also, I didn't know you watched Who; that you do delights me. :D

I've been watching Who since your parents were too young to be married! (probably *g*)

And now I think I need an Eleven icon.

LET'S TALK OLD SCHOOL! Who was your first Doctor? Which is your favourite? Do I get points if I've seen all of Five's run, or does that just make me ridiculous? :D

Eleven icons are very important, yes.

Oh, my first Doctor was Three, but Four is the Doctor Of My Heart. And, my huuuuge crush on Romana II aside, my favourite companion may well be Liz Shaw.

I think you definitely get points for watching all of Five. I've never managed to, nor to watch much of Six, even when they ran every single episode ever aired a few years ago.

And that is a beautiful icon!

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